2026 Robert S. Hill: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	63	10408	9609	284	274	266	11688

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Biology and Biochemistry

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9609

284

274

266

11688

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

11688

World Ranking

10408

National Ranking

284

Research.com Recognitions

1975 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Robert S. Hill is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has a research focus spanning multiple aspects of plant biology and paleobotany. Their academic work contributes notably to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The main topics in their research include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Plants, Australian Journal of Botany, Annals of Botany, and Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent coauthors being Raees Khan, Kathryn E. Hill, Ed Biffin, Miriam A. Slodownik, and Veit Martin Dörken.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Robert S. Hill cover a range of topics reflecting their research interests:

Diversity, Distribution, Systematics and Conservation Status of Podocarpaceae (2023), published in Plants
Evolutionary and ecological significance of photosynthetic organs in Phyllocladus (Podocarpaceae) (2020), published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Fossil evidence for the evolution of the Casuarinaceae in response to low soil nutrients and a drying climate in Cenozoic Australia (2020), published in Australian Journal of Botany
Morpho-anatomical affinities and evolutionary relationships of three paleoendemic podocarp genera based on seed cone traits (2021), published in Annals of Botany

Robert S. Hill was recognized with membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1975.

Best Publications

The ecology and biogeography of Nothofagus forests

Thomas T. Veblen;Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

448
Citations
Clean electricity from photovoltaics

Mary D Archer;Robert Hill

330
Citations
Ecology of the southern conifers

Neal J. Enright;Robert S. Hill

261
Citations
SOUTHERN CONIFERS IN TIME AND SPACE

Robert S. Hill;Tim J. Brodribb

238
Citations
History of the Australian vegetation : cretaceous to recent

Robert S. Hill

234
Citations
CHANGES IN SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES WITHIN THE ADELAIDE METROPOLITAN AREA, AUSTRALIA, 1836–2002

Catherine J. Tait;Christopher B. Daniels;Robert S. Hill

224
Citations
The Preparation and some Properties of Cytochrome f

H. E. Davenport;Robert Hill

219
Citations
Origins of the southeastern Australian vegetation.

Robert S. Hill

211
Citations
The importance of xylem constraints in the distribution of conifer species

TJ Brodribb;RS Hill

198
Citations
A revised infrageneric classification of Nothofagus (Fagaceae)

Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

193
Citations
Patterns of Gondwana plant colonisation anddiversification

J. M. Anderson;H. M. Anderson;S. Archangelsky;M. Bamford;M. Bamford

188
Citations
The evolutionary history of Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae)

RS Hill;GJ Jordan

174
Citations
The evolution of the Australian flora: Fossil evidence

R. S. Hill;E. M. Truswell;S. McLoughlin;M. E. Dettmann

149
Citations
The history of selected Australian taxa

R. S. Hill

135
Citations
Fossil plants from the Pliocene Sirius Group, Transantarctic Mountains; evidence for climate from growth rings and fossil leaves

Jane E. Francis;Robert S. Hill

132
Citations
The photosynthetic drought physiology of a diverse group of southern hemisphere conifer species is correlated with minimum seasonal rainfall

TJ Brodribb;RS Hill

127
Citations
Nothofagus Biogeography Revisited with Special Emphasis on the Enigmatic Distribution of Subgenus Brassospora in New Caledonia

Ulf Swenson;Anders Backlund;Stephen McLoughlin;Robert S. Hill

126
Citations
Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

Robert S. Hill;Michael K. Macphail

125
Citations
A method for the estimation of iron in biological material

Robert Hill

123
Citations
The angiosperm-dominated woody vegetation of Antarctica: a review

Robert S. Hill;Leonie J. Scriven

119
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